///*****/// [Intro] Rain on a garage roof An engine that will not turn [Verse 1] They found the bike on County Nineteen About a quarter after two And I was home asleep in Jersey And I never even knew Till the phone went off on Sunday With your sister on the line And a voice I did not recognise Saying words that were not mine And the coffee went on brewing And the radio still played And the world did not stop turning And that is the part that stayed [Pre-Chorus] Because you were the loud one You were the one who never fell You were the one who talked us down From every kind of hell [Chorus] Now you are a ghost in a leather jacket Standing at the end of every bar You are the empty seat at every table And the noise inside my car And I keep on almost calling And I keep on almost hearing And the years just keep on coming And you keep on disappearing My ghost in a leather jacket [Verse 2] We were going to leave together We were going to take the coast We had it drawn out on a napkin Like it mattered, like it was close You had the amp in the back seat And I had the map and the tank And you went out on a Friday For a beer and a fight and a laugh And you left the whole rest of it Somewhere on that road behind [Pre-Chorus] And I went and did it anyway And I got the coast, the whole And the thing is nothing landed Because you were not there to know [Chorus] Now you are a ghost in a leather jacket Standing at the end of every bar You are the empty seat at every table And the noise inside my car And I keep on almost calling And I keep on almost hearing And the years just keep on coming And you keep on disappearing My ghost in a leather jacket [Verse 3] Your mother kept your bedroom For eleven years or more Same posters and same ashtray Same boots behind the door And when she finally cleared it She gave me your old jacket And it did not fit my shoulders And I have never once unpacked it It hangs there in the hallway Where the coats and umbrellas go And sometimes when I pass it I say something soft and low [Pre-Chorus] Or that I bought a house in June Like a man talking to a jacket In an ordinary room [Bridge] They tell you it gets easier And I suppose that it is true It does not get any smaller You just get bigger than it do And you carry it forever Like a stone you never threw [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] So here is to the ghost in a leather jacket Standing at the end of every bar Here is to the empty seat at every table And the passenger in my car I am still going to keep on calling I am still going to keep on hearing Let the years just keep on coming You are not going to disappear My ghost in a leather jacket [Coda] Ride it out on County Nineteen Take the coast for both of us Take the long way to the water And do not check the clock I will be along there shortly Give me forty years or so Keep a seat down at the far end And I will find you when I go [Outro] Rain on a garage roof An engine that will not turn And a jacket in a hallway And a light I leave on
